Germany has extended its invitation to India for the G7 summit in Bavaria in June, WION News reported. Earlier, news agency Bloomberg claimed that Germany was unhappy with India regarding its stance on Russia over the war on Ukraine and was mulling to drop from the list of international guests.

However according to reports, the German government dismissed all claims made by the Bloomberg report. "This is false," government sources said as cited by international reports on Tuesday. Earlier, Bloomberg had reported that Berlin is considering not inviting India to the summit as it abstained in the vote against Russia in the United Nations.

Senegal, South Africa and Indonesia are among the other nations who will be invited as international guests to the G7 meeting. India, according to the Bloomberg report, was on the list but that was before the war on Ukraine began.

Germany, who is chair of the G7 grouping, will host the nations between June 26-28 at Schloss Elmau in the Bavarian Alps. A formal invite will be sent to India soon, WION News reported. According to their report, the German government dismissed reports that the government was planning to drop India from the list of guest nations.

This will be the fourth consecutive year that India has been invited to the G7 summit. Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the G7 summit in Biarritz in France when Emmanuel Macron invited him as a goodwill partner.

In 2020 and 2021, PM Modi attended the summits hosted by former US president Donald Trump and UK prime minister Boris Johnson virtually due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

In addition, PM Modi will also visit Germany for the 6th Intergovernmental Consultations (IGC). The IGCs are a series of meetings where the heads of states of both nations visit each other’s nation every two years alternately. 

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